Tennie May Calhoun

Other Events and Attributes:

• US SSN: 570-24-3970
• Census: Mar 1910, Ward 4, Hugo Township, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
• Residence: May 1923, Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, United States
• Residence: 1924, Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, United States
• Residence: 1932, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States
• Residence: 1944, Precinct No. 1, El Monte City, Los Angeles County, California
• Residence: 1953, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, United States

Notes:

A ‘Mrs. H. Mabry’ witnessed the marriage of Robert Paul Herndon to Elizabeth Marina Masten in New Mexico in 1932.

Death location is based on a single matching SSDI record for a ‘Tennie Mabry’, born 1 May 1891. Death date is based on a single matching CDoHS record for a ‘Tennie M Mabry’ born 1 May 1891.

The disposition of Tennie (Calhoun-Herndon) Mabry’s marriage to Robert Boyd Herndon in 1923 is not known. There is no evidence thus far that they obtained a divorce.

[Anderson-1964] incorrectly lists Tennie’s name as “Tinnie Calhoun”.

Residence:
1925 26th Street

Residence:
212 1/2 Mills Street (hotel)

Residence:
113 El Monte Avenue

Residence:
313 Cedar

Tennie married Robert Boyd Herndon on 12 Dec 1908 in Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. Robert (son of George Wallace Herndon and Mary Emma Draper) was born on 22 Jun 1886 in Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States; died on 9 Mar 1934 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States; was buried on 10 Mar 1934 in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Tennie married Harley George Mabry on 30 Aug 1923 in _______, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. Harley was born on 16 May 1879 in Greenbrier, Hardin Township, Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States; died on 19 Feb 1953 in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, United States; was buried after 7 Nov 1977 in (unknown). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• US SSN: 463-09-9887
• Occupation: Salesman/Accountant
• Cause of Death: Pneumonia/Emphysema
• Census: 12 May 1910, Ward 4, Hugo Township, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
• Residence: Aug 1932, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States
• Residence: 26 Apr 1937, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, United States
• Residence: Nov 1941, San Quentin State Prison, Marin County, California, United States
• Residence: Mar 1942, California Institution for Men (“Chino”), San Bernardino County, California, United States

Notes:

Robert Paul Herndon abandoned his first wife and sons late in 1936 or early in 1937. Family rumors indicate that he attended Elizabeth Marina Masten’s funeral, but since he was incarcerated in Ft. Worth, Tarrant County, Texas in 1937, this seems unlikely. From late in 1941 through 1956, he was incarcerated in California, and [Cobb-1992] indicates that he was a resident of West Memphis from 1986 through his death in 1992.

Robert Paul Herndon’s Social Security Application has a birth date of 19 Oct 1909, but this conflicts with his birth certificate and his marriage application.

Robert Paul Herndon was convicted on 5 counts of forgery in Modesto, Stanislaus County, California on, or just before, 7 November 1941. He was sentenced from 1 to 14 years and incarcerated at the California State Prison at San Quentin as prisoner 67459 on 10 November of that year. In March 1942, he was transferred to the California Institution for Men, a minimum security prison at Chino, San Bernardino County, California. Information gathered to date suggests that he served the remainder of his sentence, 14 full years, at “Chino” and was paroled on 24 February 1956.

[SanQuentin-1941b] and [SanQuentin-1941c1] note that Robert Paul Herndon also served 7 months for forgery in Fort Worth, Texas in 1937.

Residence:
3522 Lebanon Street

Residence:
Star Arms Hotel

Buried:
Block 7, Lot 98

Robert married Elizabeth Marina Masten on 13 Apr 1932 in Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of Merlin Douglas Masten and Lois Miranda Stiles) was born on 5 Feb 1915 in Mimbres, Grant County, New Mexico, United States; died on 20 Sep 1937 in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States; was buried on 21 Sep 1937 in Restlawn Memorial Park, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Lois J Bidwell after 24 Feb 1956. Lois was born on 1 Jun 1922 in Luxora, Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States; died on 28 Dec 2021 in West Memphis, Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States; was buried after 28 Dec 2021 in Dogwood Cemetery, near Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Y
• US SSN: 461-12-3134
• Occupation: Mail Clerk
• Occupation: US Navy Radioman (3rd Class), Service Number: 624-43-40
• Cause of Death: Colon Cancer/Pulmonary Disease
• Census: 11 Apr 1930, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States
• Residence: 3 Apr 1942, San Francisco, California, United States

Notes:

According to [Hugo-1934], William Pryor Herndon was living in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas at the time of his father’s death.

William Pryor Herndon had been a resident of Port Hueneme, Ventura County, California for 39 years at the time of his death in 1995.

William Pryor Herndon enlisted in the US Navy on 26 Feb 1942 at Houston, Texas and remained in the service through 1965.

In [US- 1930n] William Pryor Herndon is listed as “Bill P Herndon”.

Residence:
Aboard the USS LST 476

Family/Spouse: Helen Rose Tomko. Helen was born on 14 Jul 1921 in (unknown); died on 1 Dec 2012 in _______, _______, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Degree: B.S. Chemistry, Texas Western College, May 1955
• Degree: Ph.D. Chemistry, Rice University, May 1959
• Occupation: Chemistry Department Chairman and Dean of the College of Science, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
• Occupation: Professor of Chemistry
• Cause of Death: Alzheimer’s related complications
• Residence: Apr 1940, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States
• Census: 13 Apr 1940, Divisions 183 - 190, El Paso City, El Paso County, Texas, United States

Notes:

Residence:
3231 Memphis Street

Buried:
Section D-3, Lot 4, Space 10

Family/Spouse: (Living). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Donald Stiles Herndon
• Residence: Apr 1940, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States
• Census: 13 Apr 1940, Divisions 183 - 190, El Paso City, El Paso County, Texas, United States

Notes:

Robert Frank Herndon was officially renamed ‘Donald Stiles Herndon’ by his maternal grandmother, Lois Miranda (Stiles) Masten, upon his adoption by her in 1941, but she was using this name as early as 1940 as indicated by [US-1940-1b]. Family members continued to refer to Robert by the name ‘Don’, but he used his birth name professionally throughout most of his life.

Residence:
3231 Memphis Steet

Buried:
Section M1, Space 385

Family/Spouse: (Living). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: (Living). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: (Living). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: (Living). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: (Living). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: (Living). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: (Living). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: (Living). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]